In 1953 the gable stone was bought by the city council from Geveke in Amsterdam at the request of A. Minis and placed at Markt 51. After the demolition of that house it finally ended up in the Stokstraat during the renovation of this area.
It is remarkable that in the 19th century, between Vissersmaas and Kleine Stokstraat, there must have been a stone that was called 'in de visser' (in the fisherman) showing 'a ship with a man pulling up a net'.
There was plenty of fishing on the Maas. The boats moored at the Bat and the fish was traded at Vissersmaas next to the bridge across the river Maas.
Once the lcation of the "Visschershuys" where mainly sea fish was sold to the wholesalers.
In the past many marine fish such as salmon, sturgeon and turbot used to swim in the Maas. River fish such as trout, carp, roach and pike were traded at the Bat itself. In 1639 fish traders who wanted to spend the night in the city first had to sell their fish to citizens at the Bat. In the 18th century the "Visschershuys" (fishermen's house) housed the Grote Lommard. Philip van Gulpen made a drawing of it in 1830.
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